Great Moments: 1883: 1st Landscape Architect Firm Founded

In preparing the soil for planting, you will need several tools. Dynamite would be a beautiful thing to use, but it would have a tendency to get the dirt into the front-hall and track up the stairs.

--Robert Benchley

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Percentage of U.S. families that own a BBQ grill: 85%

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- added on 03/06/2007

1883

1st Landscape Architect Firm Founded

In Brookline, MA, by Frederick Olmstead. Paved way for sweaty dirt-stained bandana-clad leaf blowing gardeners appearing daily (before 8:00 AM) on suburban streets all across America.

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